Kim Potter didn’t use her ‘knee to pin down a person for 9 ½ minutes,’ judge says in sentencing
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN The judge presiding over Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial justified the former policewoman’s two-year…
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An unsent text message and desperate phone calls detail California family’s last moments before they died while hiking
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Family selfies, nature photos, an unanswered text and several calls that were never connected detail the final hours of a…
Continue Reading Two students and ACLU sue Missouri school district over removing 8 books from libraries
By Amanda Musa, CNN Two students have sued a Missouri school district over its decision to remove eight books from school libraries, arguing the…
Continue Reading A teen spent 11 days in juvenile detention over Instagram threats she never made. Now she’s suing
Tina Burnside, CNN The family of a teenage Florida girl who was falsely accused and arrested for making threats against her former school via social…
Continue Reading Fire erupts at Oakland Hills Country Club, former PGA host course
By Paradise Afshar, Tanika Gray, Caroll Alvarado, CNN No one was injured after a fire erupted at the Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills,…
Continue Reading FDA says parents should avoid certain powdered baby formula after reports of 4 bacterial infections
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday cautioned people to avoid certain powdered infant formulas that may be tied to…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for February 18: Ukraine, Covid-19, Winter storm, Trump, Immigration
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Let’s check in on your New Year’s resolutions. Behavioral scientists say most of these goals lose steam and fail…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for February 18: Ukraine, Covid-19, Winter storm, Trump, Immigration
After a day of heavy rain, tornadoes, snow, and ice, much of the East is left with cold and windy conditions. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam has the…
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The images of a shelled kindergarten in eastern Ukraine shifted international focus to the Donbas region, another sign that the simmering conflict…
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Former President Donald Trump, as well as his children Ivanka and Donald Jr., must sit for depositions in the New York attorney general’s civil…
Continue Reading Authorities found 6-year-old girl missing since 2019 after receiving a tip different from any other information they had
By Travis Caldwell, CNN Authorities had been searching more than two years for Paislee Shultis, a 4-year-old reported missing from her legal guardian…
Continue Reading Kim Potter, ex-officer convicted in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, sentenced to 2 years in prison — less than prosecutors requested
Kim Potter, the former Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, police officer who was convicted of killing Daunte Wright, addressed Wright’s family in court…
Continue Reading Kim Potter, ex-officer convicted in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, sentenced to 2 years in prison — less than prosecutors requested
Judge Regina M. Chu appeared to get choked up in her remarks after delivering Kim Potter’s sentence. The former police officer was sentenced to two…
Continue Reading Kim Potter, ex-officer convicted in fatal shooting of Daunte Wright, sentenced to 2 years in prison — less than prosecutors requested
By Dakin Andone, Brad Parks and Claudia Dominguez, CNN Kim Potter, the former Minnesota police officer who mistakenly drew a gun instead of a Taser…
Continue Reading Cold War ‘Candy Bomber’ Gail Halvorsen dies at 101
By Andy Rose, CNN A US airman who became known as the “Candy Bomber” for his unique supply drops in Germany after World War II died…
Continue Reading 100-vehicle pileup shuts down a 30-mile stretch of highway in Illinois during wintry weather
By Brad Parks and Amir Vera, CNN A 30-mile stretch of highway in Illinois was closed Thursday after over 100 cars were involved in multiple crashes.…
Continue Reading Derek Chauvin joked while restraining George Floyd, former officer testifies
By Bill Kirkos and Amir Vera, CNN Former Minneapolis police officer J. Alexander Kueng laughed at a joke made by Derek Chauvin while restraining…
Continue Reading The Paislee Shultis case shows how a constitutional right complicates the search for missing children
By Peter Nickeas and Mark Morales, CNN A 6-year-old girl who had been reported missing in 2019 was found alive with her non-custodial parents living…
Continue Reading More US adults identify as LGBTQ now than at any time in the past decade, a new poll says
By Scottie Andrew, CNN More adults in the US say they identify as LGBTQ than they did a decade ago, according to a new Gallup poll, a trend largely…
Continue Reading ‘There was something about the staircase that bothered him.’ Inside the search for Paislee Shultis
By Mark Morales and Dakin Andone, CNN Police had gone up and down the basement stairs several times while searching a home in the Saugerties, New…
Continue Reading Family and friends mourn Amir Locke at Minneapolis funeral after he was killed by police executing a no-knock warrant
By Aya Elamroussi, CNN Members of the Minneapolis community gathered Thursday to honor the life of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old Black man whose killing…
Continue Reading Brutal killing of a mother and son in 1994 is solved through DNA evidence, police say
By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN More than 27 years after a woman and her son were killed in a Seattle suburb, authorities have charged a man in…
Continue Reading Florida appeals court overturns conviction of Miami police officer who shot autistic man’s caretaker
By Amanda Musa, CNN A South Florida appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction of a former North Miami Police Department officer who was found…
Continue Reading Pilot dies when plane collides with tractor-trailer on a North Carolina interstate
By Amy Simonson, CNN The pilot was killed after a small plane collided with a tractor-trailer on an interstate in North Carolina, authorities said…
Continue Reading Authorities found 6-year-old girl missing since 2019 after receiving a tip different from any other information they had
Paislee Joann Shultis was reported missing in 2019 when she was 4 years old. Now 6, she has been found hidden under a wooden staircase with her…
Continue Reading Authorities are piecing together what happened to Paislee Shultis, who was found alive under a staircase. Here’s what we know
By Mark Morales and Christina Maxouris, CNN Paislee Joann Shultis, the young girl who was reported missing two years ago, was found hidden with her…
Continue Reading Florida wildlife officials are distributing 3,000 pounds of lettuce a day to save starving manatees
By Amanda Jackson, CNN Florida’s manatees — which are dying at an alarming rate, largely from starvation — are being treated to…
Continue Reading Video showing how police treat Black and White teens in mall fight sparks outrage
By Rob Frehse and Laura Studley, CNN A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a New…
Continue Reading Video showing how police treat Black and White teens in mall fight sparks outrage
New Jersey police are being criticized for their handling of a fight between a White teen and a Black teen. The mom of the Black teen, joined by her…
Continue Reading Video showing how police treat Black and White teens in mall fight sparks outrage
A video showing police officers breaking up a fight between a Black teenager and a White teenager at a New Jersey mall has prompted outrage over the…
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